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Genesis 21:23

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And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God [is] with thee in all that thou doest:	Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: [but] according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.	And Abraham said, I will swear.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Now therefore swear^H7650 unto me here^H2008 by God^H430 that thou wilt not deal falsely^H8266 with me, nor with my son^H5209, nor with my son's son^H5220: but according to the kindness^H2617 that I have done^H6213 unto thee, thou shalt do^H6213 unto me, and to the land^H776 wherein thou hast sojourned^H1481.

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Original Hebrew

וְעַתָּה הִשָּׁבְעָה לִּי בֵאלֹהִים הֵנָּה אִם־תִּשְׁקֹר לִי וּלְנִינִי וּלְנֶכְדִּי כַּחֶסֶד אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂיתִי עִמְּךָ תַּעֲשֶׂה עִמָּדִי וְעִם־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־גַּרְתָּה בָּהּ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/עַתָּ֗ה	ve./'a.Tah	H6258	HC/D	and/ therefore
הִשָּׁ֨בְעָ/ה	hi.Sha.ve.'a/h	H7650	HVNv2ms/Sh	swear/ !
לִּ֤/י	l/i		HR/Sp1cs	to (the)/ me
בֵֽ/אלֹהִים֙	ve./lo.Him	H430	HR/Ncmpa	by/ God
הֵ֔נָּה	He.nah	H2008	HD	here
אִם	'im-	H518	HC	if
תִּשְׁקֹ֣ר	tish.Kor	H8266	HVqi2ms	you will deal falsely
לִ֔/י	L/i		HR/Sp1cs	to/ me
וּ/לְ/נִינִ֖/י	u./le./ni.N/i	H5209	HC/R/Ncmsc/Sp1cs	and/ to/ posterity/ my
וּ/לְ/נֶכְדִּ֑/י	u./le./nekh.D/i	H5220	HC/R/Ncmsc/Sp1cs	and/ to/ progeny/ my
כַּ/חֶ֜סֶד	ka./Che.sed	H2617	HRd/Ncmsa	according to the/ loyalty
אֲשֶׁר	'a.Sher-	H834	HTr	which
עָשִׂ֤יתִי	'a.Si.ti	H6213	HVqp1cs	I have done
עִמְּ/ךָ֙	'i.me./Kha	H5973	HR/Sp2ms	with/ you
תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה	ta.'a.Seh	H6213	HVqi2ms	you will do
עִמָּדִ֔/י	'i.ma.D/i	H5978	HR/Sp1cs	with/ me
וְ/עִם	ve./'im-	H5973	HC/R	and/ with
הָ/אָ֖רֶץ	ha./'A.retz	H776	HTd/Ncbsa	the/ land
אֲשֶׁר	'a.Sher-	H834	HTr	which
גַּ֥רְתָּה	Gar.tah	H1481	HVqp2ms	you have sojourned
בָּֽ/הּ	Ba/h		HR/Sp3fs	in (the)/ it

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H430 — אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem'): plural of אֱלוֹהַּ; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
• H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
• H1481 — גּוּר (gûwr, goor): a primitive root; properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather forhostility (as afraid); abide, assemble, be afraid, dwell, fear, gather (together), inhabitant, remain, sojourn, stand in awe, (be) stranger, [idiom] surely.
• H2008 — הֵנָּה (hênnâh, hane'-naw): from הֵן; hither or thither (but used both of place and time); here, hither(-to), now, on this (that) side, [phrase] since, this (that) way, thitherward, [phrase] thus far, to...fro, [phrase] yet.
• H2617 — חֵסֵד (chêçêd, kheh'-sed): from חָסַד; kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty; favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
• H5209 — נִין (nîyn, neen): from נוּן; progeny; son.
• H5220 — נֶכֶד (neked, neh'-ked): from an unused root meaning to propagate; offspring; nephew, son's son.
• H6213 — עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh, aw-saw'): a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application; accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, [phrase] feast, (fight-) ing man, [phrase] finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, [phrase] hinder, hold (a feast), [idiom] indeed, [phrase] be industrious, [phrase] journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, [phrase] officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, [idiom] sacrifice, serve, set, shew, [idiom] sin, spend, [idiom] surely, take, [idiom] thoroughly, trim, [idiom] very, [phrase] vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.
• H7650 — שָׁבַע (shâbaʻ, shaw-bah'): a primitive root; properly to be complete, but used only as a denominative from שֶׁבַע; to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times); adjure, charge (by an oath, with an oath), feed to the full (by mistake for שָׂבַע), take an oath, [idiom] straitly, (cause to, make to) swear.
• H8266 — שָׁקַר (shâqar, shaw-kar'): a primitive root; to cheat, i.e. be untrue (usually in words); fail, deal falsely, lie.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H518 — אִם (ʼim, eem): a primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not; (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), though, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] unless, [phrase] verily, when, whereas, whether, while, [phrase] yet.
• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H5973 — עִם (ʻim, eem): from עָמַם; adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English); accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).
• H5978 — עִמָּד (ʻimmâd, im-mawd'): prolonged for עִם; along with; against, by, from, [phrase] me, [phrase] mine, of, [phrase] that I take, unto, upon, with(-in.)
• H6258 — עַתָּה (ʻattâh, at-taw'): from עֵת; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive; henceforth, now, straightway, this time, whereas.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• I have — Genesis 20:14
• swear — Genesis 14:22-23, Genesis 24:3, Genesis 26:28, Genesis 31:44, Genesis 31:53, Deuteronomy 6:13, Joshua 2:12, 1 Samuel 20:13, 1 Samuel 20:17, 1 Samuel 20:42, 1 Samuel 24:21-22, 1 Samuel 30:15, Jeremiah 4:2, 2 Corinthians 1:23, Hebrews 6:16

Reciprocal references (2): Genesis 26:31, Judges 11:10

Related Topics

• Nave’s: ABIMELECH, ABRAHAM, ALLIANCES, COVENANT, DIPLOMACY, OATH, RULERS

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